Water-heater



L. S. CHADWICK AND A. R. WHITTAKER. WATER HEATER. APPLICATION (FILED MAR. Il. 1915.

1,358,286, Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

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WATER HEATER. APPLICATION FILED ma. II. 1915.

1,358,286, PaIenIea'Nov. 9,1920.

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L. S. CHADWICK AND A. R. WHITTAKER. WATER HEATER. APPucMloN vFILED MAR. 11, 19.15.

1,358,286. v Patented Nv. 9, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIcE.

LEE S. CHADWICK, OF EAST CLEVELAND, AND ARNOLD R. W'BIT' lAKlllBf,v Ola1 CLEVE- .LAND, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE CLEVELAND METAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

WATER-HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

i Application `le. March 11, 1915. Serial No. 13,571.

To @ZZ fwwm'z't may concern:

Be it known that we, (l) Lnn S. CHAD- wron and (2) -ARNOLD R. WHITTAKEE, resid- A vide a water heater that is extremely efficient,

and that is economical of operation; that is comparatively simple yet very rigid and substantial of construction; that is designed with the end in view of preventing undue accumulation of soot, and constructed in a manner to facilitate cleaning; wherein the water circulating apparatus and the combustion device are each an entire or self-contained unit; and to provide a substantial and convenient means for separably connecting said units.

The above and further` objects, which will become apparent as this description proceeds, areattained in a water heater constructed in accordance with the accompany- 'ing drawing wherein we have shown a very practicalV and desirable embodiment of our invention; and while we will proceed to describe the same in detail, we wish to be understood as not limiting ourselves lto such details further than is required by the terms of the annexed claims, and is rendered necessary by the state of the prior art.

In the drawing, Figure l represents a front elevation `of the water heater; F ig. 2 is a right handU side elevation thereof; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section enrthe line 3-3 of Fig. l, showing the combustion device in plan.

le will now proceed vention by the use of reference numerals. Rising from a standard type of floor plate l (see Fig. 8) is a post 2, to which is adjustably connected the hollow, vertically disposed boss 3 of a cross beam 4, by means of a set screwy 5. Anl-shaped bracket 6 is atto describe our in tached to each end of the cross beam 4, by means of a screw 7.

Supported from the upper ends of the brackets 6 is the base shell or heat collector lO of what has already been referred to, in a general way, as the water circulating apparatus. 'llhe top of theshell is circular in plan, while its lower end is substantially elliptical, as indicated by the dot-and-dash line` in Fig. 3. Pads 1l extend from the rear side of the shell 10, and the upper end of one of the brackets is attached to each pad, by screws 12. l

Supported by the horizontal branches of the brackets G, is a pan 7 0, which constitutes the base of the combustion device. The pan is prevented from any appreciable lateral.A

movement upon the brackets, by the down turned portions of the plates 7l and72, that are connected to the bottom of the pan and bear upon the respective brackets. The plate 7l has a portion 73 that extends in under the edge of the bracket whereon it rests, and prevents the adjacent end of the pan from being elevated. When it is desired to clean the burners, the combustion device may be slipped forwardly on the brackets Vfrom beneath the base shell 10 of .the water circulating apparatus, or it may 4the* foregoing is considered more convenient. y Extending upward from the right hand end of the pan 70, is an inverted U-shaped support 74, to the horizontal portion of which is attached a branched pipe member 75. This member constitutes a Y, the ends of the fork whereof are connected by a web 76, that is preferably formed integral with ends of the forkare internally threaded. As will be observed yfrom Figs. 1 and 2, the stem of the member 7 5 is inclined upwardly :from where it joins the fork. The member (5 isattached tothe support 7 i by a bolt 7 8 PatentedNov. 9, 1920.

the remainder of the member. The enlarged that passes through the web. 76, and the adjacent horizontal portion of the support 74, and is provided therebeneath with a nut 79.

A pair of pipes 80 have their threaded right hand ends screwed into the internally threaded ends or the member 7 5, and said pipes extend parallel to each other across the pan 70, the opposite ends of sai-dpipe Vbeing supported by a bracket 81 which rises from the left hand end of the pan... Thev pipes are secured to said bracket by a strap 82, which is attached tothe bracket by 'bolts '83.' The left hand ends of the pipes 8O are closed by4 caps 84.'

Applied to the externally threaded Vend of' the member 75', is a liquid fuel distribut ing! receptacle 85 of a well known type, and a reservoir 86 is adapted to be inverted over the distributing receptacle and supply it with fuel. is a brace to assist in supporting the reservoir and the distributing re i upon separate'pipes, allows the burners to be nested closely enough together to cause theupper ends of the drums 99 of the burn.- V

ceptacle and as a shield to protect them from the heat radiated from'the combustion device, we employ a metallic plate 87' which has its lower end turnedat right angles to its body portion to form a flange which rests upon the horizontal portion of the-support 7 4, and is attached thereto by bolt 89. The

f lower edge of theY plate Vis notched tofac- 30- oommodate the member 75. Slightly above the plane of the top ofthe reservoir 86, the 'platel 87 is bent outward and downward to where it has connection at 90, to a plate 91 that extends from the side ofthe distributing receptacle;

A' liquid fuel burner 92 is supported by the front pipe 80, and is located at about the longitudiI-ialv center of said pipe. One side Yof the'V burner `has connection to the pipe through a hook 93, and an elbow 94, which extends from the opposite sider of the burner, is secured tothe pipe by means of aclamp 95. .We do not claim this burner as apart of our invention, but refer to Pah ent No. 848,828, issued Apri-l 2nd, VV1907, to f 1llilfliam Rf'. Jea-vons, for a detail description of the burner.

through the elbow 94:. The burner is provoided with the usual wick raiser 96, and a chimney'l or drum 97 fits down the top of the burner and' extends upwardly therefrom, and its upper end reposes a slight distance below the bottom of the-base shell I0" of' the water;l circulating apparatus.

A pair ofj burners 98 are supported ,the back pipe 80', and are spaced laterally lfrom the front` burner 92'. yThe fact that the burner 92 and the burners 98 are supported ers'98 to be within the scope of the lower end of the shell 10,' as indicated inFig. 3.

Y We will explain, however, that communication is established between the interior of the burner, and the pipe 80,

It will be observed that the upper ends of the drums 97 and 99` are spaced below the bottom of the shell 10. This arrangement is of great importance, since it insures a perfeet circulation or draft through the drum-s, even thoughthe casing i8 should become clogged from any cause, such asthe accumulation, of soot or dust upon the inside wall of the casing, and upon the circulating elements inclosed thereby. 1t is obviousthat ifthe upper ends of the drums extended up into the shell l0, and the draft through the VV.casing 48 were checked by reason of the eX- istence of the aforesaid condition,the circulation through the drums would be Vmaterially checked and cause av backing up of thek heat within the drums, which would result in anoverheating of thevbufrners.. toa dangerous degree, as will be' well understood by those familiar with devicesof thischaractor. Therefordwe considerthe spacing of the upper ends of the drums adistance belowrthe bottom of theshel-l, a very essen tial part of our invention.

lt will be explained briefly thatv the liquid fuel is distributedV fromI the receptacle 85, through the member 75 and the pipe80, to

the burners V92* and 98, wherein a constant level of" the liquidi fuel is maintained by the elevation of the distributing receptacle 85. The lcuirners maybe lighted throughthe doorsV 1GO of` the burner drums, and the wicks may' be adjfustedf by means of the wick-raisersl 96;A 1 Y The products of combustion will rise from Vthe burner drums into the base shell 1() and be drawn upward through a tortuouscourse around' the outeredges of the circular zelements-and in through the open centers of the annular elements until they find their f escape throuh the iiue opening 59V and pipe 61. n

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is Y 1. The-combination with a hydrocarbon heating device and a water container, of a Vpair of L-sh-aped brackets 'to the upper ends ofwlfi-ich-'said container is connected, said brackets extending downward from the container and! beneath the same, the horizontal branches being arranged to support the Y heating device in operative relation tothe heating ldevice operative relation to; the

our signatures in the presence 0F two wit* IlGSSeS.

LEE S. CHADWICK.

ARNOLD R. WHITTAKER.

Witnesses t W. E. SHEPPARD, Gr. M. DAVIS, 

